[Amps] The genius of ham radio

[Roger (K8RI)]

When established  theory and practice don't agree the the person who 
says that, doesn't understand the theory, did the experiment wrong, or both.

As Jim quoted: His point was that "everything 'works,' but some things 
work a lot better than others, and the results ARE predicted by 
fundamental scientific principles -

73

Roger (K8RI)

On 1/12/2015 1:06 AM, Jim Brown wrote:
> On Sun,1/11/2015 7:38 PM, Charles Henry wrote:
>> The genius of ham radio is that hams are brave and practical enough 
>> to look THEORY in the face and then go on with WHAT WORKS.   Also, to 
>> listen to Mr. Smith, nod politely, and go on with WHAT WORKS.
>> As a lofty appliance operator, I live ham radio by WHAT WORKS, not 
>> Mr. Smith or others.
>> That is my fun, and thank goodness for the great numbers of 
>> inventive, theory-testing/discarding real hams who MAKE IT WORK.
>
> I'm sure we're all glad that you are happy with ham radio as you play 
> with it. But those who think there is a difference between theory and 
> practice don't know enough about one or the other (or both). Tom 
> Schiller, N6BT, famously published his "light bulb" experiment, 
> working all continents in a short time using a light bulb as his 
> antenna. His point was that "everything 'works,' but some things work 
> a lot better than others, and the results ARE predicted by fundamental 
> scientific principles -- what you dismiss as "only theory."
>
> Those who pooh-pooh those fundamental principles which they don't 
> bother to learn become easy suckers for every circus-barker's dumb 
> idea that comes down the pike to suck money out of their credit cards. 
> And pursue equally dumb solutions to whatever problems they encounter 
> along the way, like hum, buzz, and RFI.
>
> 73, Jim K9YC
>
>
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